Immigrant Ships
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SS Peru

I, D.E. Friele, Master of the Peru do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at _______ from which port said vessel has now arrived, or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) Daniel E. Friele
Sworn to this 28* day of Dec 1896, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Peru whereof D.E. Friele is Master, from Hong Kong & Shanghai, burthen 2540 tons

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height*, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification*, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts.

              San Francisco

 1  15   Day    Hung  Het  23 Grocer   San Francisco Landed 31-Dec Native of the US
 2  16   Fong   Wing       33 Grocer   Sacramento    Landed 31-Dec Affidavit Merchant
 3* 19   Ng     Hing  Waw  32 Grocer   Bakersfield   Landed 6-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
 4  20   Ng     Loo        34 Grocer   Fresno        Landed 31-Dec Affidavit Merchant
 5  21   Ng     Lok        36 Grocer   Gilroy        Landed 31-Dec Affidavit Merchant
 6* 22   Ng     H?ng  Paw  34 Laborer  San Francisco Landed 31-Dec Return Laborer
 7  27   Chou   Lee        42 Merchant Los Angeles   Landed 14-Jan Affidavit Merchant
 8  28   Wong   Quong      33 Merchant Los Angeles   Landed 16-Jan Affidavit Merchant
 9  29   Wong   Ed         41 Laborer  San Francisco Landed 31-Dec Return Laborer
10  30   Law    Kwan       22 Student  San Francisco Landed 31-Dec Student
11* 33   Wang   Him        32 Merchant Mayfield      Landed 2-Jan  Affidavit Merchant
12  34   Hu     Law   Chow 23 Merchant               Landed 28-Jan Native of the US
13  609  Fong   Yuet  Kew  21 Female   S.F.          Landed 16-Jan Fem Native of the US
14* 610  Fong   Yuet  ?oy  19 Female   S.F.          Landed 16-Jan Fem Native of the US
15  611  Wong   Han   Li?  21 Female   S.F.          Landed 7-Jan  Fem Native of the US
16  612  Wong   Hue   Fong 19 Female   S.F.          Landed 7-Jan  Fem Native of the US
17  613  Quan   Kum   Yak  20 Female   S.F.          Landed 16-Jan Fem Native of the US
18* 614  Fong   Yuen  Li?  18 Female   S.F.          Landed 9-Jan  Fem Native of the US
19* 615  Fong   Yuen  K?e? 20 Female   S.F.          Landed 9-Jan  Fem Native of the US
20  616  Lai    Hoo   Foo  21 Female   S.F.          Landed 9-Jan  Fem Native of the US
21  617  Chuen  You        19 Female   S.F.          Landed 7-Jan  Fem Native of the US
22  618  Chue   Yut   Oy   21 Female   S.F.          Landed 20-Jan Fem Native of the US
23  619  Chue   Yuet  Yue  19 Female   S.F.          Landed 20-Jan Fem Native of the US
24  620  Lee    Fung  Moy  20 Female   S.F.          Landed 13-Jan Fem Native of the US
25  621  Seong  Kugi  Choy 38 Laborer  San Francisco Landed 31-Dec Fem Return Laborer
26* 622  Wong   Mee         9          San Francisco Landed 31-Dec Fem Native of the US
27  623  Fong   Mee   Kew  22 Female   San Francisco Landed 13-Jan Fem Native of the US
28  624  Fong   Mee   Yuk  20 Female   San Francisco Landed 13-Jan Fem Native of the US
29  625  Wong   Kuai  Hoo  19 Female   S.F.          Landed 14-Jan Fem Native of the US
30  626  Wang   Mee   Yung 20 Female   S.F.          Landed 7-Jan  Fem Native of the US
31  100? Lee    Choy       17 Female   S.F.          Landed 8-Jan  Fem Native of the US
32  1005 Ng     Choy       19 Female   S.F.          Landed 7-Jan  Fem Native of the US
33* 1006 Chong  ?um   Kim  19 Female   S.F.          Landed 14-Jan Fem Native of the US
34  1007 Ng     Lai   King 19 Female   S.F.          Landed 14-Jan Fem Native of the US
                                                                        
              Panama                                                                    
                                                                        
35  1    Goo    Man   Fong 40            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96           
36  2    Goo    Man   Hop  29            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96           
37  3    Fong   King       20            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96           
38* 4    Fong   Lee        40            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96           
39* 5    Goo    Fai         3            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96           
40* 6    Goo    Woon        4            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96           
41* 7    Owe    Lee        42            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96           
42* 8    Chang  Sam        32            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96           
43* 9    Goo    Chee       20            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96
44  10   Fong   Tick       35            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96
45  11   Fong   Chin       24            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96
46  12   Fong   Lee        20            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96
47  13   Fong   Low        20            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96
48  14   Fong   How        20            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96
49  17   Wong   Jin   Took 20            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96
50  18   Cheong Sing       25            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96
51  23   Wong   Soy        20            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96
52  24   Kuan   Yut        22            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96
53  25   Poon   Hung       25            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96
54  26   Wing   Pick       24            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96
55  31   Lee    Fook       29            Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96

              Callao*

56  32   Ho     Lye       46             Departed per Str Acapulco, Panama, Dec 29-'96

Recapitulation  Males  Females  Boys  Girls Total
 San Francisco    12     21             1    34
 Panama           15      3      2      1    21
 Callao            1                          1
      Total       28     24      2      2    56


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber, 
  or is used to call attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

Question marks replace illegible information or letters.

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, there is a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the National
 Archives file system on Chinese persons.  These numbers are included in the identification 
 of the film and reel numbers below.

Beside the date in the Sworn Statement 27th is written.  This is also the date on the cover
 sheet.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger. 
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1897 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name, in this case O'Leary). 
 
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 Landing Refused Habeas Corpus U.S.D.C. Case followed by a number.  These passengers were 
  probably allowed to land, but not to freely enter the country.  The National Archives 
  should have a file for these passengers describing what happened to them.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further port there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number

No of Certificate has been changed to No of Ticket.

Occupation is Grocer for all Panama passengers except as noted below.

The following columns had no entries:
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification

Callao is the port for Lima, Peru.

According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is possible that they
 have some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived in San Francisco after 1886.

 3    Bakersfield is described as in Kern Co.
 6    Second name is Hing or Hong.
11    Last Residence says Santa Clara, crossed out and replaced by Mayfield.
14    The letter the third name begins with looks most like an N, Noy.
15,18 Third name is Lin or Liu
19    Third name looks most like Knew.  The first letter is K, the second could be u or n,
       these are followed by a single vertical half stroke like an i or u and the last letter
       looks like a w but could possibly be an n, Kuen.
26    Occupation is "with mother."
33    The second name may be Kum.
38    Occupation is "Married."
39    Occupation is "with mother."
40    Occupation is "with mother."
41    Occupation is "Married."
42    Occupation is "Married."
43    Occupation is "with mother."
 

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